A half-century of production-phase greenhouse gas emissions from food loss & waste in the global food supply chain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 571, Issue , 2016, Pages 721-729

  Porter, Stephen D ^a   Reay, David S ^a   Higgins, Peter ^b   Bomberg, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Emission factor; Food waste; GHG emissions; Loss factor; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD SUPPLY; GAS EMISSIONS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; DEVELOPING ECONOMIES; EMISSION FACTORS; FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION'S; FOOD WASTE; GHG EMISSION; LONGITUDINAL ANALYSIS; LOSS FACTOR;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSE GAS; SOLID WASTE; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CEREAL; CHINA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WASTE; FRUIT; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; VEGETABLE; ANALYSIS; CATERING SERVICE; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN;

CHINA; LATIN AMERICA;

FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GASES; HUMANS;

EID: 84989831271     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.07.041     Document Type: Article

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